Hosack El Sch

Hosack El Sch is an elementary school of compact scale in Allison Park, Pennsylvania, operated by North Allegheny SD, works with 348 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 443.

Within North Allegheny SD, which oversees 11 schools and 8,552 students, Hosack El Sch is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Hosack El Sch lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school reports 8% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Hosack El Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Allegheny County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, Hosack El Sch is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 72.8%; this one delivers 91.7%, a residual of +18.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, Allegheny County reports that median household income runs about $78,548, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Hosack El Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: A W Beattie Career Center, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hosack El Sch comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 74.7%.

Hosack El Sch operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Hosack El Sch's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 348). The Asian share of enrollment ticked down from 13% to 8% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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